Andrea f

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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Andrea m for the male version of this name.

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Faroese
Finnish
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

1) Female form of Andreas ^{[1] [2]}

2) Short form of Andrietta ^[2]

Related Names

Andrea	♀
Andréa	♀
Andrée	♀
Drea	♀
Rea	♀

See also Andi, Andriette, Andrine, Dea

Name Days

Norway

3 July

Finland (Swedish Language)

30 November

Sweden

10 July

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Andrea
Accusative:	Andreu
Dative:	Andreu
Genitive:	Andreu

- Faroese
Nominative:	Andrea
Accusative:	Andreu
Dative:	Andreu
Genitive:	Andreu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1693 ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[3]		4989	6446	46	56
Sweden[4]		4048	8666	138	240
Denmark[5]		3425	n.a.	112	n.a
Finland[6]		n.a.	925	n.a	233
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[4][5][3][6]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[3]:

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [3] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi